As has been the case recently, a hint of rain at all times seems to be the fate of us all; for some of us, a deluge. Such was the effect, that a new driver was very nearly smashed as two drives off the 18th hit the green - on the practice ground! Later golfers were luckier (no drivers reported broken) and there was an intense battle at the top of the leader board for the most cut shots of the season. Winner was Charlie Williams with 44 (cut 6), from Dan Brierley (cut 10 and leader of that so far), Ben Childs, Debbs Goodman (cut 6) and Richard Maslen (cut 8). It is possible to put in a general play card after the event and players with scores much lower than handicap are asked to do so. There were losers apart from your editor, who were spot_andy, burgered, chaffed, contrawise_n, contrawise_r (family solidarity), dawdled, god-forsaken, pillow_fraught, short_rations, and smitten. *********** El Presidente would like to urge people to sign up for the Crispy Away Day on 15th Sep. It is in danger of being cancelled if there is no interest *********